Nikita bags silver, Neha bronze

Nikita won the silver medal in the women’s 62kg category, while Neha clinched a bronze in 57kg as India finished overall second with five medals at the U20 Wrestling World Championships here.

Nikita, a gold medalist at the U20 Asian Championships last year, went down 1-4 to Ukrainian wrestler Iryna Bondar in the final. Fresh from her gold medal at the U17 World Championships last month, Neha claimed a bronze, overpowering Gerda Terek of Hungary 10-8.

India signed off their campaign with five medals — one gold, one silver, and three bronze. Jyoti Berwal earlier had won the gold medal in the women’s 76kg event.

Komal (women’s 59kg) and Srishti (women’s 68kg) had won bronze medals.

In last year’s edition in Amman, India had bagged four gold, three silver and seven bronze medals.